Million vs. Billion
Millionnoun
The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106; a thousand thousand.
Millionnoun
A very large number.
Millionnoun
The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, - written 1,000,000. See the Note under Hundred.
Millionnoun
A very great number; an indefinitely large number.
Millionnoun
The mass of common people; - with the article the.
Millionnoun
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
Millionadjective
(in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units
Billionnoun
a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard
Billionnoun
A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012
Billionnoun
A very large number.
Billionnoun
According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.
Billionnoun
the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen
Billionnoun
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
Billionadjective
denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
Billionadjective
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
Billion
A billion is a number with two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000, i.e. one thousand million, or 109 (ten to the ninth power), as defined on the short scale.
